Friday, May 29, 2020

Emails You Receive How to Log Them Into JibberJobber

Emails You Receive… How to Log Them Into JibberJobber I got this question from Leigh: How do you use Email2Log to add emails you receive into JibberJobber? This is a great question. There are a few ways to get an email into JibberJobber let me review them: Email2Log: when sending an email to a person Anytime you send an email to someone, and you want to log that email into JibberJobber, use Email2Log like you normally would. This is a premium feature, but its easy to get Premium (you can watch my videos on Pluralsight, and for each course you watch (which you would otherwise pay $50 for from JibberJobber), you can get another 7 day upgrade). There is no limit on how many weeks you get just be honest about how many times you watch my courses. Heres how you do this. Email2Log: when NOT sending an email to a person Lets say that you have an email in your inbox and you want that email to end up in JibberJobber, but you DO NOT want to send a reply to the person who sent it to you. You can simply FORWARD the email to JibberJobber its super easy, but there is a little bit of trickery to ensure you have the control you want (for example, lets say that the email was sent to 10 people but you only want it to be associated to one person the trickery I speak of lets you have control over that). Simply reference this post from 2012, titled What to do if you forget to BCC to JibberJobber? How can you do it without using Email2Log? Okay, no Email2Log. You want to go old school. Simply go into your email, copy the text you want in the Log Entry, and then go into JibberJobber and create the Log Entry (with the proper associations), and paste that text there. Simple.  Just takes longer than the Email2Log option. So there you go its pretty easy to do this stuff.  If you want help with Email2Logs, or Log Entries, or anything, first check out the videos in the Getting Started section, here. Emails You Receive… How to Log Them Into JibberJobber I got this question from Leigh: How do you use Email2Log to add emails you receive into JibberJobber? This is a great question. There are a few ways to get an email into JibberJobber let me review them: Email2Log: when sending an email to a person Anytime you send an email to someone, and you want to log that email into JibberJobber, use Email2Log like you normally would. This is a premium feature, but its easy to get Premium (you can watch my videos on Pluralsight, and for each course you watch (which you would otherwise pay $50 for from JibberJobber), you can get another 7 day upgrade). There is no limit on how many weeks you get just be honest about how many times you watch my courses. Heres how you do this. Email2Log: when NOT sending an email to a person Lets say that you have an email in your inbox and you want that email to end up in JibberJobber, but you DO NOT want to send a reply to the person who sent it to you. You can simply FORWARD the email to JibberJobber its super easy, but there is a little bit of trickery to ensure you have the control you want (for example, lets say that the email was sent to 10 people but you only want it to be associated to one person the trickery I speak of lets you have control over that). Simply reference this post from 2012, titled What to do if you forget to BCC to JibberJobber? How can you do it without using Email2Log? Okay, no Email2Log. You want to go old school. Simply go into your email, copy the text you want in the Log Entry, and then go into JibberJobber and create the Log Entry (with the proper associations), and paste that text there. Simple.  Just takes longer than the Email2Log option. So there you go its pretty easy to do this stuff.  If you want help with Email2Logs, or Log Entries, or anything, first check out the videos in the Getting Started section, here. Emails You Receive… How to Log Them Into JibberJobber I got this question from Leigh: How do you use Email2Log to add emails you receive into JibberJobber? This is a great question. There are a few ways to get an email into JibberJobber let me review them: Email2Log: when sending an email to a person Anytime you send an email to someone, and you want to log that email into JibberJobber, use Email2Log like you normally would. This is a premium feature, but its easy to get Premium (you can watch my videos on Pluralsight, and for each course you watch (which you would otherwise pay $50 for from JibberJobber), you can get another 7 day upgrade). There is no limit on how many weeks you get just be honest about how many times you watch my courses. Heres how you do this. Email2Log: when NOT sending an email to a person Lets say that you have an email in your inbox and you want that email to end up in JibberJobber, but you DO NOT want to send a reply to the person who sent it to you. You can simply FORWARD the email to JibberJobber its super easy, but there is a little bit of trickery to ensure you have the control you want (for example, lets say that the email was sent to 10 people but you only want it to be associated to one person the trickery I speak of lets you have control over that). Simply reference this post from 2012, titled What to do if you forget to BCC to JibberJobber? How can you do it without using Email2Log? Okay, no Email2Log. You want to go old school. Simply go into your email, copy the text you want in the Log Entry, and then go into JibberJobber and create the Log Entry (with the proper associations), and paste that text there. Simple.  Just takes longer than the Email2Log option. So there you go its pretty easy to do this stuff.  If you want help with Email2Logs, or Log Entries, or anything, first check out the videos in the Getting Started section, here.

Tuesday, May 26, 2020

How to Clean Up Your Workspace for 2016 - Classy Career Girl

How to Clean Up Your Workspace for 2016 Everyone loves to lose weight and I discovered where most working women are hiding their extra pounds! Extra weight slows you down and you don’t want that as a talented, focused woman.  Where are those hidden pounds lurking? They are all around you in your workspace â€" on your desk next to your computer, off to the side on the floor, hiding in a stuffed file drawer, and sitting on a nearby credenza. They are the excess paper piles, binders, and files! You will immediately boost your productivity and enjoyment of work just by getting rid of those excess pounds that never got put away from your last project or missed getting sorted in your new dream career that the employee before you left. Now is the time to organize your workspace and lose those extra pounds by going on the 30 Pound Paper Diet. What is the “30 Pound Paper Diet?” I developed the “30 Paper Diet” several years ago when my husband’s company had a limit on what they would pay for moving. I discovered each pound cost 60 cents to move! So I set out on the task of saving money by downscaling my home office. As a professional organizer and entrepreneur for many years, I didn’t think this would be a big deal. Little did I know I had more than I thought! And I didn’t realize the freedom that a clutter free office would hold so now I track my progress yearly. What’s the Goal of the “30 Lb. Paper Diet?” Clear out and clean up your workspace to create an inspiring, beautiful work environment that makes you happy to walk into each day and keeps you productive accomplishing your dream career goals. The 3-Step “30 Pound Paper Diet” Start your Paper Diet at a time away from your regular work day, like a weekend or evening. Place an open box for recycle papers on the floor to your left and a shred box to your right. Have a pad of paper in the center of your desk to write a Master List of To Do action items you find in your office cleanup. Now you are ready to begin. Step #1: Clear Your Desktop. The first step in losing those excess pounds is to clean up the desktop. Create a clear center space by stacking papers neatly on one side. Turn the pile of papers you are going to organize upside down. Why?  The oldest papers are now at the top of the pile and will be easier to recycle. Stand in front of your desk and begin to go through paper piles. You may be tempted to jump in and start taking care of To Do items right away, but don’t! Stick to writing a Master List of what needs to be done and keep clearing your workspace by asking, “Is this paper worth my time and space to keep it?” If the answer is no, let it go. If the answer is yes, file it in by subject or write the action needed on your Master List and file it under “To Do.” Step #2: Clean Out Your Supplies. Next place the contents of the supply drawer on top of your clean desktop and then clean the drawer. Now carefully put back office supplies you absolutely need in the desk tray divider. Get rid of the rest. If your desk doesn’t have a supply drawer, then use a desktop supply holder. Step #3: Get Rid of Piles and Old Files. After you have cleared your desktop and supply drawers, it is time to deal with the piles on the flat surfaces and purge old files buried in file drawers. This is where you find the biggest hidden pounds, often piled on the floor, credenza, or file drawers waiting for the “right time” to get sorted. It’s now! Now stand back and survey your desk space. Is there anything more you can do to organize or eliminate paper? Label your binders, scan or recycle older ones, and weigh the paper for the day. Chart your progress by weighing how much you “lose” in a day.  l inch of paper = l pound 1 book = 1 pound (on average) 1 Magazine = Half a Pound What Can a “Paper Diet” Do for You? Just recently one of my virtual clients across the country wrote; “Who would have known that 4 years later I am still reaping the benefit every day of organized client files that we did together! Just this morning I realized how getting organized with you has saved me time in my business and I just had to write and Thank You for increasing my productivity.” With fewer piles and files in your life, your mind will be clearer, you’ll be more focused, and you’ll experience instant relief! A clutter free workspace is worth the investment it takes in YOU. I believe you can do it!

Friday, May 22, 2020

Five Personal Branding Tools Every Job Candidate Needs - Personal Branding Blog - Stand Out In Your Career

Five Personal Branding Tools Every Job Candidate Needs - Personal Branding Blog - Stand Out In Your Career If you want to be taken seriously as a job candidate, and stand out as someone who really knows what theyre doing, and that youre plugged in, you need to have a few personal branding tools. Theyre all easy to get, theyre all inexpensive, if not downright free (except #4; youre kind of stuck there). But having these tools can help you stand out from the middle-of-the-road job candidates during your next job search. 1) Your own domain name. If you want to look tech savvy and forward thinking to your potential employer, get your own name as a domain name, or at least a variation of your name (choose your professional name, not a nickname). For one thing, this will help you place at the top of the search results when people Google your name. For another, it will make your website or blog easier to remember. As long as people know your name, theyll know how and where to find you. Point your domain at your blog, your About.me page, or even your LinkedIn profile. You can do that on the site where you bought your domain name. 2) A real email address on your domain. If you can at all help it, do not use Hotmail, Facebook mail, or any other free email service for your job hunt. ESPECIALLY if you picked something juvenile for your user name. No employer is going to hire someone with FoxyLAChick@hotmail.com as their email address. (My one exception to the no free email rule is Gmail, but thats only because Ive been using it since 2005. And its wildly useful, because you get access to all Google properties.) When you purchase your domain, some providers will give you a free email address. Use that address, especially on your résumé. But dont just use their onsite email interface. Set up your regular email account to sync up to your Gmail. (Thats one of the benefits of Gmail â€" you can pull every email you have into that Gmail window, and reply directly from that address as well.) 3) A local phone number in the city where you want to move. A problem I had before I moved to Indianapolis was getting anyone to call me for an interview. Any time an employer saw my old area code, they knew I was from out of town, and didnt want to have to deal with the logistics of bringing me down. Never mind I was already coming down. The area code was a huge red flag for many employers, and I know it cost me a few opportunities. When I bought a Skype number with an Indianapolis area code, people thought I was local, and they were more willing to talk to me. If youre planning or willing to move, get a Skype number for the city youre moving to. Youll look local, and youre more likely to get the call for an interview than if your area code is from a city two hours away or more. I like Skype for this, because unlike Google Voice, I can buy several numbers, not just one. Believe me, I love Google Voice, but I think Skype is going to be the better choice for job seekers, because you can change it as you need it. 4) A smartphone. If you dont have one, consider this a reason to get one. If you have one, learn how to use it for more than just texting and Facebook updates. Learn how to use QR codes, mobile search, and geo-location networking. Go beyond just scanning, searching, and checking in. Learn the basic principles of these tools too. Use some of the publishing tools like WordPress, Tumblr, or Posterous. Use it for LinkedIn. Believe me, I know this sounds like the most remedial piece of advice I could give. Even as I write this tip, I feel guilty for bringing it up. But believe this too: it works, especially when youre talking to someone who is still using a flip phone. You look smart and capable because not only can you make a computer do some amazing stuff â€" your blog, Twitter, etc. â€" but you can also do some amazing stuff on a damn cell phone. 5) Thank you cards and postage stamps. When youre done with a face-to-face interview, send a handwritten note to the person or people you spoke with. Dont send an email, dont send a text, dont send a DM. If you ever send a note that says Thanx 4 ur time. Gr8 time talking w/ u, I hope they hire you so they can fire you 30 seconds later. You need to hand write a thank you note to the people you just interviewed with. In fact, as soon as you get out to your car or the taxi, write the note, stick a stamp on it, and drop it in the nearest mailbox you find. Twenty years ago, this was standard operating procedure for job seekers. Nowadays, this simple tactic is all but forgotten. You can stand out from the crowd if you just use it. While these are still rarely used for a lot of job seekers, you can stand out from the crowd â€" especially if youre looking for any kind of position that calls for some tech know-how â€" just by using even a couple of these tips. Before you apply for your next job or go on your next interview, put them into action and see what happens. Author: Erik Deckers is the owner of Professional Blog Service, and the co-author of Branding Yourself: How to Use Social Media to Invent or Reinvent Yourself. His new book, No Bullshit Social Media: The All-Business, No-Hype Guide to Social Media Marketing, which he wrote with Jason Falls, is in bookstores and on Amazon now.

Monday, May 18, 2020

7 Recruiting Secrets All Job Seekers Should Know

7 Recruiting Secrets All Job Seekers Should Know As a job seeker, if you knew all the recruiting secrets that existed before applying to a job, you would be better prepared for job interviews. Unfortunately, while working with a recruiter to get a job, they may avoid revealing these recruiting secrets.Why? The truth is often hard to swallow and usually leads to confrontation or debate. There is an abundance of secrets to getting a job, so this post focuses on those recruiting secrets that would definitely open up your eyes to what you, the job seeker, should be thinking about before working with a recruiter to get a job.1. Your References Threw You Under the BusA main recruiting secret you are never told is when that assumed “powerful reference” turns around and completely throws you under the bus. If you are working with a recruiter to get a job, and something seems to not be clicking, stop and ask the recruiter: “Did my references express any negative comments. It is ok to tell me. I can handle it. I just want to know if I should still use them.”Now, if you have to ask that question, you knew all along there was the possibility your references may not be so nice in their description of you. Recruiting secrets like this are usually never spoken because you have to be honest with yourself about who you want as a reference.2. You Undersell Yourself and Could Ask for More MoneyOne of the secrets to getting a job is knowing how to negotiate a salary. The usual trick for negotiating money is to decide on “what you will accept” and then ask for more. If you are working with a recruiter to get a job, the recruiter can never tell you when you should ask for more money. You have to know your own market value. You also have to be brave enough to discuss salaries, especially if you just want the job and fear salary negotiations will hurt your chances. I3. The Job Was Already FilledThis one of the recruiting secrets simply because we live in a litigious society, where the very act of not interviewing someone can lead to legal trouble. Many times, just to go through the effort of working with a recruiter to get a job, recruiters avoid letting you know when the interview is all for show.Oddly, this is time spent avoiding confrontation by making a job seeker believe he or she has a chance, long enough to reject you peacefully. As a job seeker, all you can do is your best to just be your best. Make recruiters see the company made a mistake. They should have hired you, first.4. They Are Holding out for Someone ElseA recruiting secret learned from a recruiter I befriended was that, as a job seeker, I was only being interviewed because the person they really wanted was making them wait. In truth, I am glad I knew this little recruiting secret (only because I went to college with the recruiter) because it taught me I should always step up my game and show companies that they will regret not hiring me.5. You Need to Ditch Your Social Media ActivityThis is a major recruiting secret because no on e wants to get caught up in a debate about free speech. The United States has been a politically hostile country for the last decade and discussions on social media slowly crept into the workplace. If your posts on social media paint a negative picture of you or even something that does not match the company culture, it can cost you work.6. I Really Want to Get You Hired Because It Makes Me Look GoodWhy would something so positive be kept a recruiting secret? After a recent interview with a recruiter/friend of mine, I was told that “getting me and my wife jobs would make the recruiter look incredible”. I wondered why I only heard that bit of news from people I know well. It is a great thing to hear!But then, I realized that saying such a thing may build up false expectations or the belief that the recruiter cares more about his/her reputation than the job seekers. This means, while working with a recruiter to get a job, he may put my resume in front of companies he likes more th an I do.7. Your First Impression Turns Everyone OffThe reality of this world is that we often trust our first impressions to be everlasting. We rarely stop and ask, “Did I make a bad impression?” Perhaps this information is never revealed out of fear of a negative reaction by the job seeker.Overall, finding out you are making a bad impression depends on someone being honest with you, or through personal discovery.These recruiting secrets would be great to know, but until all job seekers prove they will not retaliate after hearing the bad news, they will remain recruiting secrets. At the end of the day, you might just be working with a bad recruiter. Check out these signs you are working with a good recruiter.

Friday, May 15, 2020

#38 - Personal Branding Expert Series Amy Oestreicher on Branding Your Adversity

#38 - Personal Branding Expert Series Amy Oestreicher on Branding Your Adversity The Career Insider Podcast Apple Podcasts | Android | Email | Google Podcasts | Stitcher | TuneIn | RSSAmy Oestreicher has a multifaceted career ranging from speaking, art, writing plays and acting, to writing for the Huffington Post, Speaking on the TEDX stage and writing her own book.evalShaped by the adversities she’s faced, Amy went from being unable to eat, drink or live a normal life, to writing a musical, starting her own business and providing awareness and support to the world.This interview is part of the “Personal Branding Expert Series“.Episode Summary:eval1. Amy Oestreicher talks about the mountain of adversity she had to face, and the good things that came as a result of her unexpected circumstances.2. She talks about her show: Gutless and Grateful, how it helped her heal and how it grew.3. Amy tells me how she manages everything she’s involved in4. She discusses TEDX and what goes into securing that opportunity.5. Amy talks about how much of one’s personal st ory should be shared.Quotes:“Creating was how I was proving to myself that I was alive”.eval“It takes time to grow”.“There are a lot of healthy ways to deal with feelings of adversity, but find these ways rather than say ‘I can’t, or I shouldn’t be doing this”.“Negative things are real, but we don’t need o let them get bigger””.“There is a power to spreading your business with the power of a personal story”.eval“When all else fails, label a paper from A to Z and make yourself come up with one thing you’re grateful for for every letter.”.Links:To learn more about Amy Oestreicher visit herwebsite. She can also be reached out viaTwitteror Facebook.Watch Amy’s TEDX Talk : Follow Your Road, Find Your FlowerHere’s a link to the article about Career Setback that I posted in December 2015.Intro Music provided courtesy of Accelerated Ideas (www.accelerated-ideas.com). Soundtrack â€" Siren KickbackEnding Music provided courtesy of Accelerated Ideas (www .accelerated-ideas.com). Soundtrack â€" No Need to Rush

Monday, May 11, 2020

The Best Careers For Empaths - CareerAlley

The Best Careers For Empaths - CareerAlley We may receive compensation when you click on links to products from our partners. As a wise woman once said, Its not about the money, money, money!. But thats a lesson that far too few of us learn at the start of our careers. Many of us, upon graduating, feel the temptation to flock to the highest-paying and highest-powered jobs. But for those of a sincere, caring and empathetic nature, such jobs arent always conducive to satisfaction and happiness. In fact, such jobs and careers may make them actively unhappy. And a great wage is never enough compensation for a job that makes you miserable. Empaths need careers that offer them more than remuneration and the ability to order people around, they need to nourish their need to nurture and care for others. With that in mind, if youre an empath at the start of your career journey, or an empath looking for a change of career, you should seriously consider Empaths need careers that offer them more than remuneration and the ability to order people around, they need to nourish their need to nurture and care for others. Tweet This Disability carer Empaths tend not to do well in monotonous jobs. But when youre a disability carer, no two days are ever the same. This fast-growing career is becoming more and more ripe with opportunities as it expands to meet the needs of a growing population. By providing disabled people with all kinds of physical, logistical, emotional and psychological support youll get to experience the profoundly rewarding feeling that comes with making a positive difference in peoples lives every day. If you have the qualities of a disability carer like patience, creative problem solving, independent thinking and, of course, empathy and great people skills this could be the career for you. Theres also lots of room to grow in this career and great job security. Counselor For generations, mental health was something that we never really talked about, much less acknowledged as being as important to our overall well being as our physical health. Thankfully, however, people from all walks of life are coming to realize the importance of addressing their emotional and psychological health through counselling, talk therapies and other disciplines like Cognitive Behavioural Therapy. As such, empaths may find the life of a counselor truly rewarding. If you think you have what it takes to become a counselor, check out our post on the subject right here. Nursing careers are very rewarding, and youre doing one of the most underappreciated jobs in the world. Without nurses, hospitals and other health practices would fall apart. Its a career packed full of prospects, with plenty of room to grow. Nursing Careers Nurse Nursing is an extremely challenging job and can often be stressful. However, for the kind of empath who can smile through any amount of stress and strain, nursing is an incredibly rewarding career with a great deal of opportunity for career progression and specialism. Librarian There are many different kinds of empath, and many empaths are extremely sensitive and can find themselves negatively affected by helping others through their emotional and physical pain. As such, careers like nursing or counseling may not be best suited to these empaths. However, working in a library allows them the opportunity to be helpful and useful to others every day while working in the kind of quiet and serene environment where many empaths naturally flourish. Its essentially a customer service role without the challenging sales targets that tend to come with the territory in so many customer-facing roles. For the empath who loves books, peace, quiet and serenity it really is the ultimate career. One things for sure, no empath can thrive in a career they hate. If you dread going to work every morning, make this the year when you enact real change! What's next? Ready to take action? Choose the right tools to help you build your career. Looking for related topics? Find out how to find the opportunities that help you grow your best career. Subscribe and make meaningful progress on your career. It’s about time you focused on your career. Get Educated Contact Us Advertise Copyright 2020 CareerAlley. All Rights Reserved. Privacy Policy + Disclosure home popular resources subscribe search

Friday, May 8, 2020

Catch me in Miami in May - The Chief Happiness Officer Blog

Catch me in Miami in May - The Chief Happiness Officer Blog Ill be speaking at the WorldBlu Freedom at Work Summit, which is May 18-20 in Miami. How awesome is that :) By the way if you have half a chance, you should absolutely go to this conference. Ive been to every single one of?the WorldBlu events and they are the best business conferences I know of anywhere in the world. Theyre about creating workplaces that are based on freedom instead of control and the speakers always blow my mind.?Also, the other participants are incredibly interesting and inspiring people. Read more and get your tickets here. Thanks for visiting my blog. If you're new here, you should check out this list of my 10 most popular articles. And if you want more great tips and ideas you should check out our newsletter about happiness at work. It's great and it's free :-)Share this:LinkedInFacebookTwitterRedditPinterest Related